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Re:The evidence behind putting money directly in the pockets... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:41AM (#23243947)
That just means strawberries become a luxury fruit. That’s fine. Nobody needs strawberries. And it provides an incentive for automation.

I’m not sold on expansive UBI. (The EITC seems like a better middle step.) But I don’t buy this argument.

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Re:The evidence behind putting money directly in the pockets... by MattGaiser on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:45AM (#23243970)
Yes, but then expand the strawberries issue to virtually all vegetables and fruit (except those harvested outside the country).

Making fruit and vegetables a luxury doesn't fit onto anyone's list of good public health outcomes.

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Re:The evidence behind putting money directly in the pockets... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:51AM (#23244016)
> expand the strawberries issue to virtually all vegetables and fruit

Lots of produce production is already 90% automated. (Corn, for instance.) Strawberries are a particularly manually-intensive fruit.

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